Passive Quotes

429 quotes by 368 authors

Kaeleigh, queen of passive, all the time saying no, but not strong enough to mean it. — Ellen Hopkins
I know that I brought this all on myself. I know that I deserve this. I'd do anything not to be this way. I'd do… — Stephen Chbosky
The truth was, Azoth hated Azoth. Azoth was a coward, passive, weak, afraid, disloyal. Azoth had hesitated. Master Blint didnâ€™t know it, but the poisons… — Brent Weeks
A part of a healthy conscience is being able to confront consciencelessness. When you teach your daughter, explicitly or by passive rejection, that she must… — Martha Stout
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that… — Noam Chomsky
Where utopianism is advanced through gradualism rather than revolution, albeit steady and persistent as in democratic societies, it can deceive and disarm an unsuspecting population,… — Mark Levin
Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught… — Gary L. Francione
Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than… — Bertrand Russell
In the first study, Grant and his colleagues analyzed data from one of the five biggest pizza chains in the United States. They discovered that… — Susan Cain
Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the… — Jerry Bridges
...so much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty, and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention… — Eleanor Roosevelt
You guys are so caught up in your polished images and your passive-aggressive comments that no one ever comes right out and says anything. Well,… — Richelle Mead
Audacious faith is not passive. Neither is audacious prayer. Every aspiration you have in prayer needs an accompanying action. Otherwise you're not really praying. You're… — Steven Furtick
Cath wished she didn't use the word "just" so much. It was her passive-aggressive tell, like someone who twitched when they were lying. — Rainbow Rowell
And heâ€™s right to say that every faction loses something when it gains a virtue: the Dauntless, brave but cruel; the Erudite, intelligent but vain;… — Veronica Roth
Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active. — Edith Hamilton
The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles... — William Osler
Take action. Every story you've ever connected with, every leader you've ever admired, every puny little thing that you've ever accomplished is the result of… — Bradley Whitford
Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by telling me that schools are not just places to learn maths and… — Seymour Papert
What is envy? It is nothing but passive jealousy. Maybe jealousy is too strong a phenomenon; envy is a little passive. The difference may be… — Rajneesh

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